In my slow cooker today.... part 2

darkblue_2

Sorry to be a new-bie, but I just got my slow cooker. Made a beef stew in it yesterday, although I did the veg in a pot when I got home because I heard that the slow cooker takes all the nutrients out of it.

Anyway. How can I cook a whole chicken in it? It's a 3.3L.

I've never cooked a chicken in a slow cooker. Do I simply place it in and add some chicken stock? How much?

Thanks

Sublime_2

darkblue wrote: »

although I did the veg in a pot when I got home because I heard that the slow cooker takes all the nutrients out of it.

Not convinced it does. There seems to be a lot of conflicting info regarding this. I believe some may be lost during the cooking process (as with other methods), but as its a sealed pot, most of the nutrients should remain in the dish (rather than be lost to evaporation). It would be good to see some scientific facts regarding this, as it is something I would be interested in.

You can cook a whole chicken in it, if it fits. Some people don't add liquid, although I usually add a cm or two.

elf06

Sunnyday wrote: »

Recipe?? :drool::drool::dance::D

No worries it seems a lot but its actually really easy to do. Takes about 10-15 mins to get ready then cook for aaaaaaaaaaaages but the SC does all the hard work for you :rotfl:

Ok so heres the ingredients

100g golden caster sugar
100g shredded suet
175g sultanas
175g raisins
100g currants
50g plain flour
50g fresh white breadcrumbs
25g flaked almonds
finely grated zest of one orange
half tsp cinnamon
half tsp mixed spice
half tsp freshly grated nutmeg
a small pinch of salt
2 beaten eggs
75ml brandy or rum

Method

mix all dry together, then add all wet ingredients and mix well. Grease a 2pt pudding basin (i use on with a lid but if you dont have this kind u need to do the whole putting a bit of pleated foil over top and create a string handle carry on), put ingredients in basin, cover with circle of greaseproof paper, fill slow cooker with boiling water (around half way up pudding basin) and stick in slow cooker for 8-10 hours on high.
Once its done, cool it and change the circle of greaseproof paper.
Put it in a cool dark place and feed with additional brandy/rum every fortnight until the big day
On the day reheat in SC for 4 hours on high (again with water half way up side of basin) et viola lovely pud (well we think so and this will be the 4th year in a row)

Sublime_2

elf06 wrote: »

No worries it seems a lot but its actually really easy to do. Takes about 10-15 mins to get ready then cook for aaaaaaaaaaaages but the SC does all the hard work for you :rotfl:

Ok so heres the ingredients

100g golden caster sugar
100g shredded suet
175g sultanas
175g raisins
100g currants
50g plain flour
50g fresh white breadcrumbs
25g flaked almonds
finely grated zest of one orange
half tsp cinnamon
half tsp mixed spice
half tsp freshly grated nutmeg
a small pinch of salt
2 beaten eggs
75ml brandy or rum

Method

mix all dry together, then add all wet ingredients and mix well. Grease a 2pt pudding basin (i use on with a lid but if you dont have this kind u need to do the whole putting a bit of pleated foil over top and create a string handle carry on), put ingredients in basin, cover with circle of greaseproof paper and stick in slow cooker for 8-10 hours on high.
Once its done, cool it and change the circle of greaseproof paper.
Put it in a cool dark place and feed with additional brandy/rum every fortnight until the big day
On the day reheat in SC for 4 hours on high et viola lovely pud (well we think so and this will be the 4th year in a row)

I don't normally do puds, but I would love to try. Thanks for posting. :j

elf06

Sublime wrote: »

I don't normally do puds, but I would love to try. Thanks for posting. :j

Your welcome - I tried it honestly not knowing if it would be any good but we really really like it!! Its become my 'job' for the meal on christmas day. Suits me fine because I love christmas pud and I really enjoy seeing people enjoying my food

Hope you give it a shot and more importantly enjoy it

darkblue_2

Sublime wrote: »

Not convinced it does. There seems to be a lot of conflicting info regarding this. I believe some may be lost during the cooking process (as with other methods), but as its a sealed pot, most of the nutrients should remain in the dish (rather than be lost to evaporation). It would be good to see some scientific facts regarding this, as it is something I would be interested in.

You can cook a whole chicken in it, if it fits. Some people don't add liquid, although I usually add a cm or two.

Perhaps it's a myth? I just always heard from people that it breaks down the amino acids and enzymes etc resulting in a loss of nutrients.

I shall start googling. Thanks for the chicken advice.

Sublime_2

darkblue wrote: »

Perhaps it's a myth? I just always heard from people that it breaks down the amino acids and enzymes etc resulting in a loss of nutrients.

I shall start googling. Thanks for the chicken advice.

I'm probably wrong.

Sunnyday

In mine tonight there will be a ham hock - if they will fit in the larger sc then i`ll put both the hocks in but they are so huge that i`m not sure whether or not they will fit

Elf06 - Thanks so much for the recipe :A, my Dsis has been after a tried and tested one for a while so i`ll print it out for her, we don`t usually have a pud but i`m very tempted to try now

Thanks again

SD

elf06

OOOOOOOOOOOH I FORGOT TO ADD - WHEN COOKING AND REHEATING THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING ADD WATER!!!!!

WHEN YOU PUT IT IN THE SLOW COOKER FILL WITH WATER (I USE BOILING WATER) TO HALF WAY UP THE PUDDING BASIN. WAS IN BED WHEN I REMEMBERED LAST NIGHT SO I CAN ONLY HOPE NO-ONE ATTEMPTED IT LAST NIGHT

Sunnyday

elf06 wrote: »

OOOOOOOOOOOH I FORGOT TO ADD - WHEN COOKING AND REHEATING THE CHRISTMAS PUDDING ADD WATER!!!!!

WHEN YOU PUT IT IN THE SLOW COOKER FILL WITH WATER (I USE BOILING WATER) TO HALF WAY UP THE PUDDING BASIN. WAS IN BED WHEN I REMEMBERED LAST NIGHT SO I CAN ONLY HOPE NO-ONE ATTEMPTED IT LAST NIGHT

Lol, don`t worry, think it would be a bit too early to have a test run although the recipe is now stuck to the front of my fridge

Well guess who fell asleep last night and didn`t put the slow cooker on

Think i`ll have to be a bit more organised tonight, i was watching telly and the next thing that i know it was 2am :eek::eek: :eek:Went straight to bed rather than mess around in the kitchen or i`d have woken up properly and never got back to sleep.

Sooooooooooooo in my slow cooker tonight wil be either one or two ham hocks depending how big they are

SD